I have never driven stick before, never had to. Always had automatic trans vehicles. Anyways, I am going to be starting school next week.
I've been told by one trucking company that you're actually better off not knowing stick when you go to train on a big rig. You learn fresh, don't have any bad shifting habits.
Now one guy from another school told me today that if I don't have any stick shift experience, that it's going to take me a lot longer and that I couldn't take their shorter 40 hour course. Long story short I think this jerk has an agenda against me personally, but that's for another time to explain. Anyways, this guy sounds full of **** and wants me to drop an extra $2,500 to take another 45 HOURS. Just sounds like a bunch of horse****.
What do you guys and gals think?
Thanks in advance for any input.